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they're going to with this upcoming debt ceiling fight that we're going to fight in october and november, to talk about tax reform now as an economic policy and as a job creator. they've changed some of their messaging on that. but the question is, can you explain changing the very complex tax code in a way that let's say a nurse or a single mother in chicago or a family a in nevada actually understands. >> coral, on the issue of climate change, what's interesting thing here. republican leaders three years ago were on one side of this story and republicans rank and file were less inclined to believe it. now, everything is reversed. >> we really see this fasflating split in the party right now. we're seeing republican leaders. i think it's even a split between the leaders because you see leaders like marco rubio feeling very comfortable, essentially mocking or denying the science of climate change. on the other side, you see leaders like jeb bush who, at cpac this year, you know, not being seen as a party of antiscience. so, you're seeing them emerging among the leaders. >> a fiscal compo
they're going to with this upcoming debt ceiling fight that we're going to fight in october and november, to talk about tax reform now as an economic policy and as a job creator. they've changed some of their messaging on that. but the question is, can you explain changing the very complex tax code in a way that let's say a nurse or a single mother in chicago or a family a in nevada actually understands. >> coral, on the issue of climate change, what's interesting thing here. republican...
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debt ceiling situation has been pushed off, the budget looking little better. spending is down and the g s es fannie and freddie molded to the government's total budget situation has improved, the actual debt ceiling debate has been put out a couple months the market does not have to confront that. the point i have been making is when it does confront washington is going to become a tougher all. the street is okay with what is going on in washington. i would pay attention to what this and september. when these scandals become more relevant for policy debate. dennis: the markets could be ok in that case still understand september, and what wall street says in the washington scandal picture, wall street is too jittery. >> when the white house starts digging its heels of a little bit, coming with e-mails and documentation for what went on in the ap scandal, and back to benghazi, and any specific action wall street is looking for. there is no great eruption in any of these scandals. they take on a life of their own. dennis: thank you for being with us, appreciate i
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with the coming battle over the debt ceiling, the budget, all this, i think this is going to get worse, not better. >> chris: you have a poll for everything, don't you? >> i've only offered up two today. >> chris: but they're just appropriate. thank you, panel. see you next week. check our panel plus, where our group picks up with the discussion on our website, foxnewssunday.com, and follow us on twitter @"foxnewssunday". upho next, our power players of the week. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. you know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives
with the coming battle over the debt ceiling, the budget, all this, i think this is going to get worse, not better. >> chris: you have a poll for everything, don't you? >> i've only offered up two today. >> chris: but they're just appropriate. thank you, panel. see you next week. check our panel plus, where our group picks up with the discussion on our website, foxnewssunday.com, and follow us on twitter @"foxnewssunday". upho next, our power players of the week....
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if you believe that, the tea party was bedeviling obama over the debt ceiling the idea that the white house is not involved with getting this investigation to intimidate or put out of business the tea party, i have --. for example greg government abuse of power is a federal crime. >> this is the total politicization of the federal government. we have the justice department, the i.r.s., we have the white house law donilom and there are answers to questions that have to be gotten to get our government back. >> it is chicago gangster politics. the i.r.s. thing, 16,000 more agents in charge of health care? go back to the other issue: there are big questions, and the question is, where did the video come from? it didn't fall from the sky. >>gregg: we will talk about hillary clinton although she has not said whether she is running for president. could the fallout from benghazi derail former secretary of state, hillary clinton before it gets off the ground? our insiders will weigh in on that. ber 17, 1903, the wright brothers became the first in flight. [ goodall ] i think the most amazing t
if you believe that, the tea party was bedeviling obama over the debt ceiling the idea that the white house is not involved with getting this investigation to intimidate or put out of business the tea party, i have --. for example greg government abuse of power is a federal crime. >> this is the total politicization of the federal government. we have the justice department, the i.r.s., we have the white house law donilom and there are answers to questions that have to be gotten to get our...
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the bipartisan agreement to suspend the debt ceiling expires this weekend. but with its latest forecast c.b.o. now says that that limit probably won't be reached until october, november of this year. most news reports suggest this will reduce the political pressure to achieve a bipartisan deal on further reducing the deficit in a balanced way. i would argue the urgency still remains and that this window of time presents us with a perfect opportunity for bipartisan negotiations to resume without the specter of the sword of dam klees -- damocles over our head. i'm amazing our republican friends continue to shun their own party's heritage of making the innovation, they are blind to slashing -- they want to slash government spending with no account for the consequences. it must be done with maintaining strategic federal investment and r&d and innovation and others. i suggest my republican friends look no further than the g.d.p. growth from the last two quarters showing it's not the federal debt but the meat ax approach that's created what drag there is on the ec
the bipartisan agreement to suspend the debt ceiling expires this weekend. but with its latest forecast c.b.o. now says that that limit probably won't be reached until october, november of this year. most news reports suggest this will reduce the political pressure to achieve a bipartisan deal on further reducing the deficit in a balanced way. i would argue the urgency still remains and that this window of time presents us with a perfect opportunity for bipartisan negotiations to resume without...
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. >> the debt ceiling fight t makes me sick to remember about it and it cost america the aaa credit rating. the treasury using extraordinary measures to help the country pay its bills. how does this play out? we have seen this before. how does it play out this time? >> we don't have to fight the fight until november. i think the chance of another down grade is remote because of the spectacular progress on the deficit. here is the interesting angle to me. it is not that obama's agenda is in at that time in tatteres is, it was months ago. i think what may has been, the things he doesn't want may get shoved down his throat, keystone pipeline and maybe another sequester n november he may have to accept sequester for 2014. >> slowly healing jobs market and plunging deficit mean there is a lot of other things, scandal things talking about in washington. if we were talking about those things, i can assure you democrats would be talking about the other two. thanks, guys. >> coming up. u 8 >>> partisanship and the inability of our elected leaders to put our prosperity ahead of politics paralyzed wa
. >> the debt ceiling fight t makes me sick to remember about it and it cost america the aaa credit rating. the treasury using extraordinary measures to help the country pay its bills. how does this play out? we have seen this before. how does it play out this time? >> we don't have to fight the fight until november. i think the chance of another down grade is remote because of the spectacular progress on the deficit. here is the interesting angle to me. it is not that obama's...
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our primary focus has always been on legislative issues, the health care law, the debt ceiling, cap and trade, the overspending, the stimulus. our issues are focused on the legislation before congress, and that's what a 501c-4 is for. >> when you had conversations with these irs agents, these irss officials, did you ever discern any anti-tea party or anti-conservative bias, or was it just bureaucratic demands that were just never hending? >> you could tell from the questions they were asking and the fact that so many patriot groups and 912 groups and tea party groups around the country were getting them that this was something very unusual happening systemwide to people who were applying for the status. so i could tell that that was happening, and it's obvious that they were trying to make the process as difficult as possible. and they -- they're still to this day stringing tea party patriots along. >> jenny beth martin with tea party patriots, thanks for yb time. >> thank you. >>> the president says the e-mails are a sideshow. the talking points issue. but that's not how some of the fa
our primary focus has always been on legislative issues, the health care law, the debt ceiling, cap and trade, the overspending, the stimulus. our issues are focused on the legislation before congress, and that's what a 501c-4 is for. >> when you had conversations with these irs agents, these irss officials, did you ever discern any anti-tea party or anti-conservative bias, or was it just bureaucratic demands that were just never hending? >> you could tell from the questions they...
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ceilings, it's far from optimal for the real economy. that said, i think you got a good point this is not a group that will put together coherent budget. they can't come together with regular aura and have a smooth trajectory. >> i'm going to make a forecast here. the gop message with these investigations, whether it's the irs or benghazi or the secret wiretapping of the phone records for the a.p., these are the evils of big government and the evils of government overreach. jared, you will hear this term, government overreach, time and time again. >> i don't disagree. >> the republicans have finally found a message. it may not be the greatest. this is what they will use. >> jimmy made point a minute ago, the reason this scandal is so depressing to people like me is i fully do believe, you probably agree, we need a good, strong functional accountable honest government. and when things like this happen. >> even though it's smaller. >> we can argue. >> i'd be much happier. >> we're not going to agree. we're going to disagree on the size, we
ceilings, it's far from optimal for the real economy. that said, i think you got a good point this is not a group that will put together coherent budget. they can't come together with regular aura and have a smooth trajectory. >> i'm going to make a forecast here. the gop message with these investigations, whether it's the irs or benghazi or the secret wiretapping of the phone records for the a.p., these are the evils of big government and the evils of government overreach. jared, you...
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. >> debt ceiling fight in the summer of 2011, actually makes me sick to my stomach remembering about it. and it cost america its aaa credit rating. here we go again. treasury is now using, quote, extraordinary measures to help the country pay its bills. how does this pay out? we have seen the movie before. how does it play out this time? >> well, we don't have to fight the fight probably until november. i think the chance of another downgrade is pretty remote because of the spectacular progress on the deficit. here's the interesting angle to me. it's not that obama's agenda is in tatters. it was in tatters a month ago after he lost the background check in the senate. what may happen is things he doesn't want may get shoved down his throat. keystone pipeline and maybe another sequester. in november to get a debt ceiling he may have to accept sequester for 2014. >> ron and greg, a slowly healing jobs market and a plunging deficit mean there's a lot of other things, scandal things they're talking about in washington. if we weren't talking about those things, i could assure you the democ
. >> debt ceiling fight in the summer of 2011, actually makes me sick to my stomach remembering about it. and it cost america its aaa credit rating. here we go again. treasury is now using, quote, extraordinary measures to help the country pay its bills. how does this pay out? we have seen the movie before. how does it play out this time? >> well, we don't have to fight the fight probably until november. i think the chance of another downgrade is pretty remote because of the...
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they can talk about the debt ceiling all day but there will be a real debt ceiling they hit some day. they can try to keep alternatives from emerging but in the long term they can't. like gun control we talk about something the government should do but then 3 d printers come along and it is no longer it is something the government can do. you have a situation you can't necessarily control from washington. >> "the end is near and it's going to be awesome." kevin williamson, thank you. great story from the theater last night. we're on your side. they better not press charges. that would be very embarrassing for that lady who was on her phone. on the show tomorrow bob woodward weighs in on the government seizure of the ap phone records. also the man behind hbo's new movie "liberace." >> he is my hero. >> jerry weintraub. joe does the best imitation. >> i am so excited. >> are you coming back? are you booking yourself? >> i have been looked. >> or are you even booked for today? >> yes i was. >> sure. "morning joe" is back in a moment. humans. even whe c and dot our i's, namely, other huma
they can talk about the debt ceiling all day but there will be a real debt ceiling they hit some day. they can try to keep alternatives from emerging but in the long term they can't. like gun control we talk about something the government should do but then 3 d printers come along and it is no longer it is something the government can do. you have a situation you can't necessarily control from washington. >> "the end is near and it's going to be awesome." kevin williamson, thank...
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ceiling. >> and here they come, president obama and british prime minister david camm rop. let's take a listen. then they'll take questions from reporters. >> to all our moms out there, i hope you had a wonderful mother's day. it's always a pleasure to welcome my friend and partner, prime minister david cameron. michelle and i have wonderful memories when david and a man that visited us last year. there was a lot of attention how i took david to march madness. we went to ohio and a year later, we had to confess david still does not understand basketball. i still the not understand cricket. as we've said before the great alliance between the united states and the united kingdom is rooted in shared interests and shared values and it's indispensable to global security and prosperity. but as we have seen again recently, it's a partnership of the heart. here in the united states, we joined our british friends in mourning the passing of british margaret thatcher, a great champion of the liberty and alliance that we carry on today and after the bombings in boston, we americans wer
ceiling. >> and here they come, president obama and british prime minister david camm rop. let's take a listen. then they'll take questions from reporters. >> to all our moms out there, i hope you had a wonderful mother's day. it's always a pleasure to welcome my friend and partner, prime minister david cameron. michelle and i have wonderful memories when david and a man that visited us last year. there was a lot of attention how i took david to march madness. we went to ohio and a...
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it just got moved from august back to october we're going to hit the debt ceiling and when we hit the debt ceiling you know all the all the governing thing there are a lot of things that would be really nice to do a lot of things are relatively important to do but that's something that can't be ignored i mean it literally could bring down the nation it could bring down the dollar could bring down the world if it were if it's handled badly and. it occurred to me that with all the sturm and drang you know the john boehner the problem that he has with coming to some sort of an agreement with the president for the to get through the debt ceiling is that the tea party needs to be ameliorated or satisfied they need to be to you need to throw red meat to my base maybe this is doing that and in the dead of night they will pass something oh i love you i'd love to believe that wouldn't that be about you much of an optimist where you know it's possible well everybody's paying attention to the scandals i think john boehner would like to govern but he'd also like to keep his job and like to keep t
it just got moved from august back to october we're going to hit the debt ceiling and when we hit the debt ceiling you know all the all the governing thing there are a lot of things that would be really nice to do a lot of things are relatively important to do but that's something that can't be ignored i mean it literally could bring down the nation it could bring down the dollar could bring down the world if it were if it's handled badly and. it occurred to me that with all the sturm and drang...
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ceiling. c-span radio re-airs the five programs beginning at noon eastern with nbc's "meet the press." today's guest includes dan pfeiffer. he is making the rounds on all of the shows today. mitch mcconnell also on the show, including ways and means committee chairman david kamp and donald rumsfeld. at 1:00, you can hear abc's this week with dan pfeiffer, foreign relations chair bob and anddeath -- bob menendez rob portman. chris wallace talks with dan pfeiffer and budget committee .hairman congressman paul ryan cnn's state of the union follows at 3:00. rand paul senator and dan pfeiffer. at 4:00, "face the nation" from cbs. another discussion with dan pfeiffer and also senate majority whip john cornyn. and gary pruitt. the talk shows are brought to you as a public service networks and c-span. again, it re-airs at noon eastern with nbc's "meet the press." news sunday. 3:00 eastern, cnn of the "state of the union." and a 4:00, "face the nation" from cbs. listen to all of them on c-span radio. n
ceiling. c-span radio re-airs the five programs beginning at noon eastern with nbc's "meet the press." today's guest includes dan pfeiffer. he is making the rounds on all of the shows today. mitch mcconnell also on the show, including ways and means committee chairman david kamp and donald rumsfeld. at 1:00, you can hear abc's this week with dan pfeiffer, foreign relations chair bob and anddeath -- bob menendez rob portman. chris wallace talks with dan pfeiffer and budget committee...
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but we have a long way to go. -- eliminateets the debt ceiling. the president can only spend what congress authorizes. guest: that is a point of view i do not agree with because it forces congress to face with reality. it is always a tough, uncomfortable vote. if you look at history, it has quite often triggered reforms, changes in spending problems that probably would not have come without that sort of trigger, if you will. so i think it is a useful thing. i'm not for allowing the president to spend whatever he wants to do or raise the debt ceiling. nor do i trust congress to be disciplined. how can you look at and say, gee, i want to trust those folks, they will work it out. the reality is they normally don't. this is a really helpful call.e -- helpful wakeup it puts heat on numbers of congress. i think that is a good thing. host: randy is in riverside, california. he is a democrat. caller: good morning, c-span listeners. when i found out that were presented if cole -- that representative cole was going to be on, i went to see what was his conce
but we have a long way to go. -- eliminateets the debt ceiling. the president can only spend what congress authorizes. guest: that is a point of view i do not agree with because it forces congress to face with reality. it is always a tough, uncomfortable vote. if you look at history, it has quite often triggered reforms, changes in spending problems that probably would not have come without that sort of trigger, if you will. so i think it is a useful thing. i'm not for allowing the president to...
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with the coming battle over the debt ceiling and budget and all this i think this is going to get worse and not better. >> chris: you have a poll for everything, don't you? >> i only offered up two, i think today. >> chris: but just appropriate. thank you, panel. see you next week. check out panel plus where the group picks up with the discussion on our website fox news sunday .com. follow us on twitter @ "fox news sunday." up next, our power player of the week. .. >>. >> chris: they've been part of the washington scene since the '80s at the center of the biggest scandals. undoubtedly you have seen them but chances are you know little about them. here is up close and personal our power players of the week. >> we get hired because we are firm of washington and we understand congress. we understand the justice department. >> chris: there they were in a big congressional hearing, husband and wife legal tell of joe degetta and victoria toensing. >> chris: do you like the high profile cases. it's fun but it's professionally important. these things matters. >> chris: she worked for the reagan
with the coming battle over the debt ceiling and budget and all this i think this is going to get worse and not better. >> chris: you have a poll for everything, don't you? >> i only offered up two, i think today. >> chris: but just appropriate. thank you, panel. see you next week. check out panel plus where the group picks up with the discussion on our website fox news sunday .com. follow us on twitter @ "fox news sunday." up next, our power player of the week. .....
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ceiling and before we get to october, the end of the fiscal year. obviously that date is the final backstop. something has to happen before then. >> i want to be clear. yes to veto? the president should veto it? >> i think the president should be very clear that he doesn't accept the idea that we're going to relieve portions of the sequester when it comes to the defense piece he is absolutely been clear that he would veto that. and i support that position. "washington journal" continues. host: david jackson is a white house reporter with u.s.a. today and is here to talk to us about the situation in light of this week's i.r.s. scandal which saw the resignation of the acting i.r.s. commissioner day -- the i.r.s. commissioner and mr. jackson is going to help us take a look at the relationship between the u.s. president and the i.r.s. throughout modern history. the i.r.s. desires to be seen as an independent agency but it hasn't always been that way. has it? >> no, it hasn't. there have been examples of presidents using the irds and it's been found to b
ceiling and before we get to october, the end of the fiscal year. obviously that date is the final backstop. something has to happen before then. >> i want to be clear. yes to veto? the president should veto it? >> i think the president should be very clear that he doesn't accept the idea that we're going to relieve portions of the sequester when it comes to the defense piece he is absolutely been clear that he would veto that. and i support that position. "washington...
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you have the question of our debt ceiling. the country and not being physically --fiscally responsible. a time and nowat you have the latest one, a.p. which again is not a partisan thing. a.p. have disclosed some of what have taken some additional requirements or harassment in an investigation. these things do detractor. the work of congress still goes on. a lot of that is day-to-day work that doesn't get the headlines. a democrat from colorado. theer: i hope i can take congressman at his word. he does look awfully happy this morning. guest: it is a beautiful day in washington. social welfarec4 exemption for social welfare the pactle groups when qualifies as a charitable social wear fur organization and gets a tax exemption. it was congress in the first place that kept complaining as if they were victims of some targeted irs scandal. i would hope that the congressman would join in fully funding the irs because the sequester has cut funds to it. to irs is required by law make sure that these programs qualified for this welfare
you have the question of our debt ceiling. the country and not being physically --fiscally responsible. a time and nowat you have the latest one, a.p. which again is not a partisan thing. a.p. have disclosed some of what have taken some additional requirements or harassment in an investigation. these things do detractor. the work of congress still goes on. a lot of that is day-to-day work that doesn't get the headlines. a democrat from colorado. theer: i hope i can take congressman at his word....
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ceiling? >> i think they're somewhere between slim and absolutely none. i think there's no movement. i think the republicans will capitulate on the debt. but i don't think we'll have any kind of a deal, and as jessica said a moment ago, the fact that the deficit is coming down brings even less pressure on either side to really do much. >> i would argue that of all of these things we're talking. about of agenda items the most important may be implementing this health care law and making it work, because there is nothing that is going to be more important to this president's legacy. and there is a fourth controversy here on the horizon, which say question that was raised this week by senator lamar alexander, not exactly known as a frothing ideologue, about the fact that the administration, hhs was going outside to raise funds which he argues is in violation of the law. again, they are going to be facing a lot of, you know, red flags, you know, penalty flags on pretty much everything they try to
ceiling? >> i think they're somewhere between slim and absolutely none. i think there's no movement. i think the republicans will capitulate on the debt. but i don't think we'll have any kind of a deal, and as jessica said a moment ago, the fact that the deficit is coming down brings even less pressure on either side to really do much. >> i would argue that of all of these things we're talking. about of agenda items the most important may be implementing this health care law and...
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or talking about perhaps bringing about another default when we get to the debt ceiling debate and the budget talks which are coming up. protecting tax cuts for the rich. and while we have sequestered cuts affecting people who go to head start and get food stamps or who wait in line for planes. i mean, on the policy front, there's a lot of things they don't want to talk about because either they're against public opinion, or they're internally at war with themselves. so this just gives them a lot of chaff. and to throw up in the air a lot of flames. remember, this is a fundamental point here. republicans do not have to beat democrats or the president when it comes to policy matter. they just have to make people sort of so disgusted with washington that they say, apox an everybody. republicans can do that very easily by bringing everything into the gutter and creating these distractions. >> well, but i think, joan, when you look at it, i mean, i'll show you how bizarre it gets. and when i was raising the point reading what politico said about playing to your base, when you look at the p
or talking about perhaps bringing about another default when we get to the debt ceiling debate and the budget talks which are coming up. protecting tax cuts for the rich. and while we have sequestered cuts affecting people who go to head start and get food stamps or who wait in line for planes. i mean, on the policy front, there's a lot of things they don't want to talk about because either they're against public opinion, or they're internally at war with themselves. so this just gives them a...
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and -- quote -- "you can't not raise the debt ceiling." just a few months ago, republicans acknowledged how dangerous it would be to play games with the debt limit and how politically damaging it would be to play politics with the potential economic calamity and drop their demands. so, mr. president, what has changed since then? why are republicans once again issuing this empty threat that does nothing more than rattle the markets and increase uncertainty across our country? maybe house republicans think since we won't hit the debt ceiling until later than we originally expected there could be less pressure to get a deal and more opportunity for them to extract some kind of political concession? mr. president, that is the wrong way to look at this because even though we know they're going to reverse course eventually, the republican strategy of creating uncertainty again and trying to push us towards another crisis has terrible consequences all of us remember when the the republicans demanded economically damaging policies leading to a dow
and -- quote -- "you can't not raise the debt ceiling." just a few months ago, republicans acknowledged how dangerous it would be to play games with the debt limit and how politically damaging it would be to play politics with the potential economic calamity and drop their demands. so, mr. president, what has changed since then? why are republicans once again issuing this empty threat that does nothing more than rattle the markets and increase uncertainty across our country? maybe...
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ceiling is an opportunity to do that, because if and when we raise this debt ceiling, the amount we raise it by, will be another tax on top of a debt we have already given them. what are we going to give them for that if they have to pay that tax, how can we ensure through reform, these programs and other items that by the time they become an age of majority, they won't have to pay that kind of debt load, that's the question before us. so, mr. speaker, in yielding back, i would like to say, i thank you for the time and thank this house for the time and the staff for their work and i look forward to talking to the house throughout the summer and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the house will entertain a motion to adjourn. mr. rokita: i move to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands >> where we promote our shared prosperity and iran, where we agree it is critical that we see it is critical that that company do not acquire a nuclear weapon. given our shared interest in pe
ceiling is an opportunity to do that, because if and when we raise this debt ceiling, the amount we raise it by, will be another tax on top of a debt we have already given them. what are we going to give them for that if they have to pay that tax, how can we ensure through reform, these programs and other items that by the time they become an age of majority, they won't have to pay that kind of debt load, that's the question before us. so, mr. speaker, in yielding back, i would like to say, i...
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lawmakers will continue their work and immigration reform and will raise the debt ceiling and of course find time to hold hearings on these issues. they could jeopardize the chances to take the house and that has serious policy implications for democrats going into the last couple of years. neil: some would tout that why stocks were up today, big government agenda. i cannot help but notice how wall street soars to record after record, day after day in the middle of the scandal. what is going on here, and what could disrupt that? >> you would think the dow would be down 3000 points instead of another all-time high today. i think this is sort of like chemistry, it is a slow drip of negative headlines slowly eroding our trust. thus far has not inversely impacted investors pushing more on the micro things going on like earnings and bond yields, et cetera, but at some plenty of the wonder wonder if the average investor isn't going to be adversely impacted by this distrustful stuff coming out of washington. neil: europe told me whether republican or democratic president, uncertainty. the idea
lawmakers will continue their work and immigration reform and will raise the debt ceiling and of course find time to hold hearings on these issues. they could jeopardize the chances to take the house and that has serious policy implications for democrats going into the last couple of years. neil: some would tout that why stocks were up today, big government agenda. i cannot help but notice how wall street soars to record after record, day after day in the middle of the scandal. what is going on...
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ceiling this week. starting tomorrow at noon, sales of u.s. treasuries will be temporarily suspended to state and local governments. this move would allow the government to keep paying its bills until september. that will give congress more time to decide whether to raise the borrowing limit. >>> wall street is still basking in record territory this morning after hitting yet another all time high. the dow surged yesterday, closing up 50 points at 15,275. investors managed to push the market up despite a morning slump and a handful of disappointing economic reports. >>> from wall street to your street, did you not win last night's giant powerball jackpot? no one did. the winning numbers are 2, 11, 26, 34, and 41. the powerball is 32 just in case you want to double-check. saturday night's estimated jackpot is at least $475 million. abc's rebecca jarvis looks at our national lottery obsession. >> reporter: america's love affair with lottery has reached record proportion. last year we spent almost $70 billi
ceiling this week. starting tomorrow at noon, sales of u.s. treasuries will be temporarily suspended to state and local governments. this move would allow the government to keep paying its bills until september. that will give congress more time to decide whether to raise the borrowing limit. >>> wall street is still basking in record territory this morning after hitting yet another all time high. the dow surged yesterday, closing up 50 points at 15,275. investors managed to push the...
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the bp spill, debt ceiling debacle of 2011. the white house's stubborn way of handling them, an excuse to pile on and reair old grieve enss like he's terrible at personal outrage or why can't the guy who pledged to turn the page on the '90s and the old politics of washington ever change washington? politico captured it most aggressively in a banner headli headline, d.c. turns on obama writing quote, the white house is instinctive pet -- when he most needs a support system. of course, that article implies that somehow, washington was ever with him. obama white house would argue that isn't the case. when has establishment washington ever been a fan of how team obama has ever responded to any kris or controversy? is dana milbank calls obama the uninterested president writing quote president passer by needs urgently to become a participant in his presidency. he responded as though he were just some bloke on a bar stool getting his information from the evening news. the president's allies had criticized the slow white house response
the bp spill, debt ceiling debacle of 2011. the white house's stubborn way of handling them, an excuse to pile on and reair old grieve enss like he's terrible at personal outrage or why can't the guy who pledged to turn the page on the '90s and the old politics of washington ever change washington? politico captured it most aggressively in a banner headli headline, d.c. turns on obama writing quote, the white house is instinctive pet -- when he most needs a support system. of course, that...
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you've got the question of our debt ceiling. the country not being fiscally responsible. you've got immigration reform. a whole host of major issues before the congress. this unfortunately does come at a time and now you've got -- what's the latest one i'm going after, i guess, a.p. reporters, partisan isn't a thing. a.p. and others have disclosed some of what has -- they consider some additional requirements or harassment in an investigation. so, these things do detract, but the work of congress still goes on. and that -- a lot of that meat and potatoes work that doesn't ged headlines. host: democrat from ohio. welcome. caller: thank you so much for having me on. i hope i can take the congressman at his word that he is trying to be nonpartisan, but i do note that he looks awfully happy this morning. i would like to ask -- guest: beautiful day in washington. caller: to citizens united and e 501-c-4 social welfare exemption for funding charitable crossroads pact qualifies as a charitable social welfare organization, and gets a tax exemption, when glenn beck's 912 project g
you've got the question of our debt ceiling. the country not being fiscally responsible. you've got immigration reform. a whole host of major issues before the congress. this unfortunately does come at a time and now you've got -- what's the latest one i'm going after, i guess, a.p. reporters, partisan isn't a thing. a.p. and others have disclosed some of what has -- they consider some additional requirements or harassment in an investigation. so, these things do detract, but the work of...
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ceiling will last until after september 2nd. this was in a letter to lawmakers. lew says he can't provide specific estimate how long the measures will last. lori: they have the cash to cover our bills until september is that what he is saying? extraordinary measures? accounting. i don't know. i want to hear more about that. melissa: for sure. european auto sales breaking a 18-month losing streak. april sales rising from the historic low hit back in 2011 but the news is not all great. the jump is attributed to an extra two days in the calendar. many europeans are still reluctant to spend on big-ticket items as they cope with the ongoing recession and a dismal labor market. speaking of europe, the imf says substantial risk remains for cyprus. they will face a deep recession for both this year and next. this coming months after cyprus received a $13 billion bailout from the european union and the imf. >>> there is a bit of good news for the troubled region though. markets there are climbing to the highest level in nearly five years
ceiling will last until after september 2nd. this was in a letter to lawmakers. lew says he can't provide specific estimate how long the measures will last. lori: they have the cash to cover our bills until september is that what he is saying? extraordinary measures? accounting. i don't know. i want to hear more about that. melissa: for sure. european auto sales breaking a 18-month losing streak. april sales rising from the historic low hit back in 2011 but the news is not all great. the jump...
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then things like immigration, tax reform, the debt ceiling, the economy, jobs. but faced with a choice of doing something on those issues, versus doing nothing by keeping the scandal drumbeat alive. some conservatives are pressing the party to take the path of least resistance. do nothing. just where will that take them? john feehery is here. he's a republican expert. nira tanden is the president of center for american progress. your group wasn't tagged by the irs. american is apparently not a word that causes trouble. >> we started in 2003 under the bush administration. it's all good. >> this is a draft. anyway. this is what i'm talking about. the conservative heritage action for america group, is urging republicans to stay on the scandals. in a letter to house leaders john boehner and eric cantor, "it could be imprudent to do anything that shifts the focus from the obama administration to the ideological differences within the house republican conference. to that end we urge you to avoid bringing any legislation to the house floor that could expose or highligh
then things like immigration, tax reform, the debt ceiling, the economy, jobs. but faced with a choice of doing something on those issues, versus doing nothing by keeping the scandal drumbeat alive. some conservatives are pressing the party to take the path of least resistance. do nothing. just where will that take them? john feehery is here. he's a republican expert. nira tanden is the president of center for american progress. your group wasn't tagged by the irs. american is apparently not a...
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anna marie, i don't think we've seen republicans this giddy since the debt ceiling debacle of 2011. do you think they're rejoicing a little too quickly here? >> i think they haven't stopped rejoicing. i think their giddiness over scandal has sort of been a consistent theme for this administration. i shouldn't say giddiness over scandal, even. anything that stops things from happening. any kind of investigation that puts the brakes on any kind of progress basically on anything. this is the "no" congress. out rage would be easier to take from people that aren't on either partisan side if they offered solutions. as it is some of the things they're saying about these scandals and some of the outrage they're professing are over things that certain legislative actions could have avoided. like protections for journalists which could have stopped this a.p. scandal. which issa, darrell issa himself, voted against those protections. >> of course he did. jon, we're hearing this worse than iran contra. and watergate put together. but i wonder if the hyperventilating may be getting a little too
anna marie, i don't think we've seen republicans this giddy since the debt ceiling debacle of 2011. do you think they're rejoicing a little too quickly here? >> i think they haven't stopped rejoicing. i think their giddiness over scandal has sort of been a consistent theme for this administration. i shouldn't say giddiness over scandal, even. anything that stops things from happening. any kind of investigation that puts the brakes on any kind of progress basically on anything. this is the...
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president, americans are tired of these protracted fights over the debt ceiling caused by the tea party-driven republicans in congress. it's through compromise, not through hostage taking or political blackmail that we can set our nation on the road to fiscal responsibility. that compromise begins by going to conference on the budget. amerity runs through regular order of this legislative process, this legislative body, a process that honors more than two centuries of work. finally, mr. president, i had hoped that we would have an opportunity for the republican leader to explain why he objects to going to conference on the budget. we informed the republican side that we would ask this consent today, tomorrow, the next day and every day. let's hope we don't get to 52, 53, 55, 75, but the way they're going, i guess they are never going to get to conference. we informed the republican side that we would ask for consent, today as every day we're in session. and while the republican cloakroom, we call it, informed us that there was an objection, no republican was available to explain that objection
president, americans are tired of these protracted fights over the debt ceiling caused by the tea party-driven republicans in congress. it's through compromise, not through hostage taking or political blackmail that we can set our nation on the road to fiscal responsibility. that compromise begins by going to conference on the budget. amerity runs through regular order of this legislative process, this legislative body, a process that honors more than two centuries of work. finally, mr....
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when you look at the debt ceiling debacle that led to the budget control act which has led to the sequester that actually -- >> oh, thank you for this question. it's so far off the course. first of all, the actions taken by president obama and the house democratic congress, house and senate when he became president was the american recovery and reinvestment act, many of the initiatives that he passed are what are coming to bear now including the affordable care act. affordable care act is bringing the cost of health care in our country down in both the public and private sector and that is what is largely responsible for the deficit coming down. we all care about frugality. we don't want to spend any money we don't have to. but we do want to invest in the education of our children, the safety of our neighborhoods and the rest and even if you don't, you have to remember that teachers and firefighters and police officers are consumers. >> right. >> those investments are important. so when we turned away, if you want to call frugality, we're wise about how we spend, okay. austerity cut the pub
when you look at the debt ceiling debacle that led to the budget control act which has led to the sequester that actually -- >> oh, thank you for this question. it's so far off the course. first of all, the actions taken by president obama and the house democratic congress, house and senate when he became president was the american recovery and reinvestment act, many of the initiatives that he passed are what are coming to bear now including the affordable care act. affordable care act is...
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i mean, the debt ceiling, the amount of debt, sending aid to foreign countries. >> your agenda is 100% that of the republican party which is fine. >> i disagree with you completely. i disagree with you. >> which is your right as an american to do but don't pretend that you're a social welfare organization. >> we are not -- we are not here to prop up the republican party. as a matter of fact, we won big in 2010 when we focused only on the fiscal issues. in 2012 when the republican party drove the messaging we lost. we're not here to support them. we want conservatives. i don't care where you stand on the social issues. if you're a democrat, and you align yourself with the democratic party but you're a fiscal conservative, we will support you. >> you just haven't run into one since 2010. you went through an entire election. >> looking at candidates right now. >> you both have given everybody a lot to think about. i bet you walked in having a strong opinion on this and maybe something that either jeff or amy said has made you question it. >>> up next, how much do you love your smartphone?
i mean, the debt ceiling, the amount of debt, sending aid to foreign countries. >> your agenda is 100% that of the republican party which is fine. >> i disagree with you completely. i disagree with you. >> which is your right as an american to do but don't pretend that you're a social welfare organization. >> we are not -- we are not here to prop up the republican party. as a matter of fact, we won big in 2010 when we focused only on the fiscal issues. in 2012 when the...
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we're not talking about the budget or the debt ceiling or the possibility of a grand bargain. how much does this -- what's happened in the last 96 hours distract from that. is it a short-term distraction or long-term distraction in your mind to resolving our fiscal issues? >> i'm virile worried it would distract t -- very worried it will distract the congress. we should get to the bottom of these issues and get the facts. what worries me is some of our republican colleagues don't just want to get to the facts. they want to spin conspiracy theories and distract attention from the fundamental issues that we're facing right now. jobs and the economy, and we're seeing that right now, chris, in the fact that our republican colleagues refuse to go to conference on the budget, which is the forum for moving forward on the economic, replacing the sequester, and making sure that we can get all americans back to work. and by dragging their feet on this -- on those important issues, i think, you know, they're pointing to all this other stuff that's going on, which is important to get to t
we're not talking about the budget or the debt ceiling or the possibility of a grand bargain. how much does this -- what's happened in the last 96 hours distract from that. is it a short-term distraction or long-term distraction in your mind to resolving our fiscal issues? >> i'm virile worried it would distract t -- very worried it will distract the congress. we should get to the bottom of these issues and get the facts. what worries me is some of our republican colleagues don't just...
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ceiling. i don't think it is possible for john boehner to actually have done a better job of managing his out of control and crazy party in the house of representatives than he has done. but for a speaker of the house to be so unschooled in the ways of american criminal law, american juris prudence, to be so reckless with language and ideas, to be saying that someone should go to jail without even knowing who he is talking about, without even knowing what the case against the person is, without even knowing that person's defense means in the controversy involving the irs, the republican speaker of the house has become washington's new joe mccarthy, the raving alcoholic senator of the 1950s who threw blind accusations everywhere. now as i've been pointing out all week, rank ignorance of the law is the driving force of what washington perceives to be the scandal at the irs. i've been telling you since monday that washington is so desperately ignorant of the law on 501(c)(4) tax exempt organizati
ceiling. i don't think it is possible for john boehner to actually have done a better job of managing his out of control and crazy party in the house of representatives than he has done. but for a speaker of the house to be so unschooled in the ways of american criminal law, american juris prudence, to be so reckless with language and ideas, to be saying that someone should go to jail without even knowing who he is talking about, without even knowing what the case against the person is, without...